Slavery

  • slave codes

    To help the relationship between slave and owner, which includes the relationship of the owner to have slave as property, slave codes were established.
  • underground railroad

    underground railroad
    the underground railroad was a vast network of people who helped slaves escape from slavery from the north to canada
  • african slave trade

    african slave trade
    basically ,Western Africa and the America's reached its peak in the mid-18th century when it is estimated that over 80,000 Africans annually crossed the Atlantic to spend the rest of their lives in chains...
  • John adams

    John adams
    he opposed slavery he was also the 2nd president of the united states
  • Fredrick douglass

    Fredrick douglass
    He worked for several different slave holders. he became literate & started giving sermons on antislavery.
  • Nat Turner

    Nat Turner
    Turner had escaped from slavery , & was killed and failed to rebel
  • Herriet tubman

    Herriet tubman
    After she had escaped herself from slavery , she went back to save members of her family. in all she helped about 300 people escape from slavery.
  • 14 th amendment

    14 th amendment
    the Jim crow laws originally violated this amendment it grants every citizen to have political rights.
  • major slavery legislation

    major slavery legislation
    forbidded slavery in the northwest territory &that caused many issues.
  • Civil war

    the civil War broke out defending the nations army.
  • the kkk

    the kkk
    the ku klux klan killed blacks , the wanted a strictly white nation . theyfocused anger andviolence on african americans
  • Slavery ends

    Slavery ends
    the emancipation proclamation freed slaves.
  • 13th amendment

    13th amendment
    the thirteenth amendment stated that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
  • 15th amendment

    15th amendment
    gave a citizen the right to vote despite race , color ,
  • Jim Crow Laws

    Jim Crow Laws
    These laws were created by the supreme court to separate whites from blacks with signs . Colored races & white races were rarely able to share anything everything was sparated.